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SALVADOR ZABALA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – February 22, 1967
Service recordSalvador Zabala JR, of Menlo Park, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 21 SIG GRP 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Menlo Park, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 77
- ROBERT LEE SHOLLCaptain · February 22, 1967
- MICHAEL LEWIS UTLEYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM BRENDELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
From Menlo Park
- ROY SHARP PITTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- MARTIN MOSHER HUNTPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- MARC WAYNE MCCABESergeant · February 28, 1968
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · March 26, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES BURKE JRSergeant · May 12, 1969
- ELGIN JOHN JURIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1969
- JOHN WILLIE COCKERHAM JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1969
- GARY DEAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.